Today's News

Simpsonville City Administrator David Eaton gave an update to the Simpsonville City Commission Thursday about the progress of an influent line in that area.

The line, which would carry treated water from the sewer plant in Simpsonville to the University of Louisville Golf Club, is being paid for by the university, but the commission is in charge of administering the project, Eaton said.

“The first payment has been submitted,” he said. “It’s a reimbursement program, we get paid first and then we pay the contractor.”

The latest research of Kentucky students confirmed a truth most educators are already aware of and many young parents fear –only half of our children are prepared for kindergarten.

The study, based on kindergarten entrance screenings, revealed that only 50 percent of Kentucky children entering kindergarten are ready to do so. While the number is slightly higher in Shelby County –56 percent– it’s still leaves nearly 5 out of 10 Shelby County kids unprepared to start school.

There may not be much new information for tobacco farmers to absorb this year, but what has changed is that they have to attend a workshop if they expect to sell their tobacco, officials say.
And they’re going to have to keep taking the class every year.

“The word that they're trying to get out, is even if they got trained last year, they have to go to an updated training,” said Bob Pearce, a tobacco production specialist at the University of Kentucky who teaches GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) training classes.

When it comes to student searches, at what point do school personnel cross the line between the school’s rights to protect and the student’s rights to privacy?

While it is true that authorized school employees have the right to search students without consent, one Shelby County High School father believes the district crossed the line between protection and invasion and is performing random searches without justification.

People interested in obtaining a permit to carry a concealed deadly weapon can now take that first step in the comfort of his or her own home by submitting an application online.

The administrative process is handled through the sheriff’s office and Shelby County Sheriff Mike Armstrong said that being able to submit an application online does not mean the course is altered in any way, only the process of dealing with paperwork.